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Lee Daniels says he’s ‘beyond embarrassed’ about defending FOX's Empire actor Jussie Smollett after his staged attack; has stopped speaking to him.




Lee Daniels, the co-creator of the American drama series Empire on FOX (DStv 125 / StarSat 131 / Cell C black 201), now says that he is "beyond embarrassed" about his former forceful defence of Jussie Smollett after the disgraced actor earlier this year claimed that he was physically attacked in the United States in a hate crime.


In late-January this year Jussie Smollett was hospitalised
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